JACC Case Reports
Lipid-Rich Plaque Beneath Dense Calcium
By Syed Nazar Raza, Md Rehan Akhtar, Manav Jyala and 1 others.
Abstract
Grayscale intravascular ultrasound grades coronary calcium but cannot detect lipid sequestered behind a calcific plate because both attenuate the ultrasound signal.
Keywords
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- lipid-rich plaque
- calcified plaque
- coronary artery calcification
- atherosclerosis
- coronary artery disease
- Open access
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